Miss World Puerto Rico

Miss World Puerto Rico or Miss Mundo de Puerto Rico is a national beauty pageant that selects Puerto Rico's representative to the Miss World pageant.

History

Puerto Rico debuted in Miss World in 1959, then was absent from 1960 to 1969. In 1970 a new organization took the responsibility of sending contestants until 1985 via castings. Puerto Rico did not compete in Miss World from 1986 to 1988. The Miss Puerto Rico organization, directed by Anna Santisteban, obtained the Miss World franchise in 1989, Tania Collazo was her first Miss World delegate. Santisteban produced Miss World PR until 1995.

In 1996, Delia Cruz, mother of Miss World Wilnelia Merced Cruz, obtained the franchise and began organizing the Miss Mundo de Puerto Rico pageant with Tania Collazo as organizer for a few years before Desiree Lowry and later on Shanira Blanco. Winners have been competing ever since in the international pageant. Puerto Rico has produced two winners (1975,2016), two 2nd runners-up (2005, 2011) and ten semi-finalists (1976, 1978, 1980, 1985, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010), and one quarter-finalist (2012).

Representatives

The Miss World^[1] pageant began in 1951 and since then Puerto Rico has had 15 representatives classify in the finals including: 2 winners, 2 runner-ups, 10 semi-finalists and 1 quarter-finalist.

Color key

References

See also

• Miss Puerto Rico

External links

• Nuestra Belleza Latina
• Por La Corona

Miss Puerto Rico winners in the Big Four international beauty pageants
Miss Universe	Marisol Malaret (1970) Deborah Carthy-Deu (1985) Dayanara Torres (1993) Denise Quiñones (2001) Zuleyka Rivera (2006)
Miss World	Wilnelia Merced (1975) Stephanie Del Valle (2016)
Miss Earth	-
Miss International	Laurie Simpson (1987) Valerie Hernandez (2014)
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